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The Christian Chronicle Podcast

The Christian Chronicle Podcast explores the news and stories shaping Church of Christ congregations and members around the world. 

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
50 minutes
Episodes
144
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Episode 140: How many Americans would allow Christian prayer in public schools? (Chip Rotolo)

Episode 140: How many Americans would allow Christian prayer in public schools? (Chip Rotolo)

A little more than half (52 percent) of Americans say they would allow public school teachers to lead their students in prayers to Jesus in taxpayer-funded public schools. This is according to the la…

00:45:45  |   Thu 18 Sep 2025
Episode 139: Are new federal policies keeping international students from attending Christian colleges? (Kenzie James)

Episode 139: Are new federal policies keeping international students from attending Christian colleges? (Kenzie James)

Colleges and universities with roots and ties in the Church of Christ community have a strong history of seeking and welcoming international students to their campuses. Many of them see this as essen…

00:38:44  |   Thu 11 Sep 2025
Episode 138: Girls and women are the future of rural and small town churches (Dr. Anessa Westbrook)

Episode 138: Girls and women are the future of rural and small town churches (Dr. Anessa Westbrook)

Church of Christ congregations in the rural areas and small towns of the United States are struggling with closures and membership losses. What act of God and the Church of Christ together could lead…

00:48:33  |   Tue 02 Sep 2025
Episode 137: Live theatre is building the body of Christ and making disciples in Atlanta (Sheri Gilbert-Wilson)

Episode 137: Live theatre is building the body of Christ and making disciples in Atlanta (Sheri Gilbert-Wilson)

One Church of Christ congregation in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is going all in on producing live theatre for its community. Since giving its first stage production a try, Bouldercrest Church of Christ i…

00:45:39  |   Sat 23 Aug 2025
Episode 136: What English-speaking Christian youth from Spanish-speaking churches and homes can teach the Church of Christ

Episode 136: What English-speaking Christian youth from Spanish-speaking churches and homes can teach the Church of Christ

"Honorary title for this episode is 'Filling the Void.'" Listen and find out why (and thanks to Alonzo Rojo)! 

Jóvenes for Christ is a summer camp for English-speaking young Christians growing up in b…

00:42:15  |   Thu 14 Aug 2025
Episode 135: How journalism can be a truth-seeking ministry that serves God's justice (Jerry Mitchell)

Episode 135: How journalism can be a truth-seeking ministry that serves God's justice (Jerry Mitchell)

MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipient, Pulitzer Prize finalist and world famous investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell talks about how a relentless pursuit of the truth honors God and promotes God's de…

00:57:13  |   Fri 08 Aug 2025
Episode 134: Our Gen Y and Gen Z editors on the future of Christian journalism (Calvin Cockrell and Audrey Jackson)

Episode 134: Our Gen Y and Gen Z editors on the future of Christian journalism (Calvin Cockrell and Audrey Jackson)

The two youngest members of The Christian Chronicle's full-time news team are incoming managing editor Calvin Cockrell (Gen Y) and outgoing managing editor Audrey Jackson (Gen Z). In this episode, th…

00:37:27  |   Mon 04 Aug 2025
Episode 133: Why 2,000 Church of Christ volunteers are going to Detroit to talk to strangers (Leonardo Gilbert)

Episode 133: Why 2,000 Church of Christ volunteers are going to Detroit to talk to strangers (Leonardo Gilbert)

In 1979, Church of Christ congregations in Chicago joined together in a concentrated campaign to evangelize the city. That event because the first "Crusade for Christ," an evangelism campaign that vi…

00:26:31  |   Fri 25 Jul 2025
Episode 132: Should churches endorse political candidates? (Chris McCurley)

Episode 132: Should churches endorse political candidates? (Chris McCurley)

In early July 2025, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service changed its interpretation of the tax code to give houses of worship more leeway to engage in political speech, which may include endorsing candi…

00:43:48  |   Thu 17 Jul 2025
Episode 131: How prepared is your congregation for an active shooter? (Rick Arrington)

Episode 131: How prepared is your congregation for an active shooter? (Rick Arrington)

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, a gunman armed with an AR-15 assault rifle opened fire on Crosspointe Community Church in Wayne, Michigan, as it assembled for worship. A fast-thinking deacon and two armed …

00:47:10  |   Thu 10 Jul 2025
Episode 130: Bringing back the lost art of the biblical Lord's Supper (Christa Sanders Bryant)

Episode 130: Bringing back the lost art of the biblical Lord's Supper (Christa Sanders Bryant)

On June 12, 2025, The Christian Chronicle's Bobby Ross Jr. released a story about the Arlington (Virginia) Church of Christ. That congregation removed the pews from the center of its auditorium and r…

00:47:58  |   Thu 03 Jul 2025
Episode 129: Why do Christians say one thing about immigration, but vote for another? (Scott McConnell)

Episode 129: Why do Christians say one thing about immigration, but vote for another? (Scott McConnell)

Lifeway Research executive director Scott McConnell is back to talk about some new research that sheds light on current events.

For starters, church attendance and sales of Bibles are going up. Not on…

00:40:08  |   Thu 26 Jun 2025
Episode 128: How a Church of Christ kid became one of comedy's rising stars...in his 40s (Brian Bates)

Episode 128: How a Church of Christ kid became one of comedy's rising stars...in his 40s (Brian Bates)

Church of Christ member Brian Bates is one of the cleanest--and hottest--comedians in the country these days. In this episode, he takes us behind the jokes to reveal how a comedian builds rapport and…

00:34:55  |   Mon 16 Jun 2025
Episode 127: For the church to thrive, its leaders need to eat more pie (Doug Pell)

Episode 127: For the church to thrive, its leaders need to eat more pie (Doug Pell)

Could eating more pie lead to healthier and stronger churches?

Doug Pell says "yes." A longtime Church of Christ elder and retired senior executive from the U.S. defense industry, Pell recently author…

00:41:37  |   Fri 06 Jun 2025
Episode 126: Church-ing while Black (Barron Jones)

Episode 126: Church-ing while Black (Barron Jones)

For Christians who are Black, life in the Church of Christ in the United States is an experience that is formed by the experience of being Black. In other words, each human being encounters life (and…

00:51:31  |   Fri 30 May 2025
Episode 125: What will you do if ICE comes to church?

Episode 125: What will you do if ICE comes to church?

In the United States, the mood about immigration carried a new administration to power in Washington, D.C. Since then, the news media has reported sensational stories of law enforcement arrests aroun…

00:50:29  |   Fri 23 May 2025
Episode 124: She's hand-written cards for almost 7,000 new Christians in two years (Lorraine Smith)

Episode 124: She's hand-written cards for almost 7,000 new Christians in two years (Lorraine Smith)

In some congregations, you may find one member whose ministry is sending hand-written cards of congratulations to new Christians upon their baptisms.

Imagine if that one member tries to send a card to…

00:37:55  |   Wed 14 May 2025
Episode 123: Confessions of an

Episode 123: Confessions of an "incompetent" minister (Casey Coston)

In 2 Corinthians 3:5, the apostle Paul writes: "Not that we are competent in ourselves...but our competence comes from God. He has made us competent as ministers of the new covenant."

Casey Coston is …

00:44:40  |   Thu 01 May 2025
Episode 122: Does the Restoration Movement need to be restored? (Matt Dabbs)

Episode 122: Does the Restoration Movement need to be restored? (Matt Dabbs)

"The Restoration Movement" refers to the 19th and 20th century stream of events, people and thinking from which the Church of Christ emerged. Church of Christ folks of a certain age imagine that they…

00:59:13  |   Wed 23 Apr 2025
Episode 121: Christian nationalism and the Churches of Christ (Dr. Christina Littlefield)

Episode 121: Christian nationalism and the Churches of Christ (Dr. Christina Littlefield)

What is Christian nationalism and what are its effects on the United States? Christians these days may choose to consume any number of blogs, books, cable news, podcasts, social media and talk radio …

00:42:43  |   Thu 17 Apr 2025
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